. >>> well, coming up, the braves avoid the broom, twin blasts from one met, and golf's british open gets under way. >>> plus, 2012's dream team gets fancy against their opponents from across the pond. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> the weekend forecast is all about rain in the southeast and the heat wave relentlessly in the central plains. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports a red sox slugger hit his third three-run homer in the last two nights, this time for a clutch walk-off victory. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. this week's series between the red sox and white sox has had just about everything, and now you can add a walk-off to the list. we've got a ball game, and the red sox couldn't get anything going until the ninth. two aboard for cody ross, and he took addison reed deep, game-winning smash over the green monster. third home run in two games. boston walked off with a 3-1 win. the mets'